Van Ness station

Van Ness station is an underground Muni Metro station on the Market Street subway at the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue (U.S. Route 101) in San Francisco, California. The station consists of a concourse mezzanine on the first floor down, and a single island platform on the second level down. Service at the station began in February 1980.[1]

Van Ness
Van Ness station with an inbound train in March 2019
Location	1500 Market Street, San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37.775°N 122.419°W
Line(s)	Market Street subway
Platforms	1 high level island platform (Muni Metro) 2 low level side platforms (Muni surface)
Tracks	2 (Muni Metro) 2 (Muni surface)
Connections	Muni: 6, 7, 9, 9R, 47, 49, 79X, 90, L Owl, J Bus, KT Bus, K Owl, L Bus, L Owl, M Bus, N Owl, N Bus AC Transit: 800
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	February 18, 1980[1]
Services
Preceding station Muni Following station Church towards West Portal S Shuttle Civic Center towards Embarcadero Church towards San Jose and Geneva (Balboa Park) M Ocean View Civic Center One-way operation Church One-way operation T Third Street Civic Center towards Sunnydale Duboce and Church towards Ocean Beach N Judah Civic Center towards 4th and King Market and Gough towards 17th Street and Castro F Market & Wharves Market and 9th Street / Market and Larkin towards Jones and Beach
Future services Preceding station Muni Following station through to Mission Street or 11th Street Van Ness BRT McAllister towards Union
Location

The station has suffered flooding during heavy rainstorms, including one in October 2009, and another in December 2014 which damaged an electrical equipment room.[2][3] In February 2017, the SFMTA signed a $1.9 million contract to repair water-damaged wiring in the room.[4]

Under the proposed western variant of the planned Better Market Street project, the outbound F stop would be moved across the intersection.[5]

References

1. Callwell, Robert (September 1999). "Transit in San Francisco: A Selected Chronology, 1850–1995" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Railway. p. 57.
2. Lee, Henry K.; Hoffman, Brian; Gordon, Rachel (October 20, 2009). "Deluge shuts down Muni Metro, floods streets". San Francisco Chronicle.
3. "Wet Weather Floods Van Ness Muni Station In San Francisco Causing Delays In Service". CBS SFBayArea. December 3, 2014.
4. Chinn, Jerold (February 27, 2017). "Flooding damage at Van Ness Station set for repair". SFBay.
5. Better Market Street Project EIR (PDF). 1. San Francisco Planning Department. February 27, 2019. p. 2-53.

External links

Media related to Van Ness station at Wikimedia Commons